Dress-shield.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

E. E. HARMON.

DRESS SHIELD. APr'LIoATIox FILED 30.19, 190e.

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securing the shield within the covering therefor.

' characters designate corresponding EVA E. HARMON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

DRESS-SHIELD.

No. 859,657'. -Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 19,1906.

Patented July 9, 1907. Serial N0. 348,636.

suitable points as by stitching the same, as shown at 4,

the stitching being preferably placed at the lower the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of I edges of the inner and outer sections and at the longi Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain tudinal center thereof, said stitching being of sufficient new and useful Improvements in Dress-Shields; and l extent to engage the outer edges of the shield and in l To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, EVA E. HARMON, a citizen of t I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and order to hold said shield in position within the covering, exact description of the invention, such as will enable I haveprovided slits in the edges of the shield in others skilled in the art to which which take the stitching 4 so that when the shield is and use the same. properly inserted between the inner and outer sections,

My invention relates to new and useful improveportions of the ,shield will extend along each side of the ments in shields and` more particularly to that class stitching, thereby preventing accidental removal of adapted to be used in connection with garments to prothe shield from the covering. tect certain parts of the same from perspiration. In order to lend a pleasing effect to the shield cov- My object is to provide a shield of this class which ering When'worn with a thin garment, the outer face may be worn with very thin garments without detractof the inner section 2 is preferably embroidered with ing from the pleasing effect of the same. any preferred design and the edges of the inner and A further object is to provide means for removably outer sections are scalloped and certain designs einbroidered thereon, the embroidered portions being preferably in colors so that they will show through 4the garment and present a pleasing effect.

By removably securing the shield within the covering, it will be seen that said shield may be removed and the cover washed or when said cover has become worn, the shield may be readily removed therefrom and inserted in a new covering.

What I claim isz* In a device of the class described, the combination with a shield having slits in the edges thereof, of a covering,` comprising an inner and outer section said sections being secured together by stitching, the stitches being adapted to enter the slits in the shield and normally hold the same within the covering.

Tn testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

it appertains to make Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

, In the drawings which are made a part of this application: Figure l is an elevation of the shield covering showing the shield proper in dotted lines, the shield and covering being shown inverted; and, Fig. 2 is a sectional View as seen from line 2 2 Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference parts throughout the several views, I indicates the shield proper which is preferably formed of rubber or other like substance and is adapted to be disposed within a garment at the point of intersection of the sleeve with the garment and is designed to protect the garment and sleeve from perspiration.

The shield l is preferably incased within a covering which is formed of an inner and an outer section 2 and 3 respectively, said sections being secured together at EVA E. HARMON. Witnesses:

CLARrssA JOHNSON, FLORENCE JOHNSON'. 

